You only need water and ice on a high temp and a rubber glove to protect from the steam. NEVER put degreaser anywhere near where food is cooked! Hella toxic!
This is the only way tutorials should be filmed. No unnecessary advertising, no hour long intro, just showing the process, explanations what to do and that's it! Perfect, thank you for this, despite the fact I don't own such a device.
Solid content. I wish I saw this video 15 years ago. Personally, I like white vinegar instead of lemon juice. Lemon juice had sugars that could cause browning. Also, depending on the temp you run your grill, olive oil will burn and cause more carbon build up to clean the next day. Most fry oils are higher temp smoke point. A bit of grapeseed or flaxseed oil is the best.
@@RollerdinoGaming right with other oils doing the same thing, it’s a bit wasteful to take one of the nicer oils, olive oil, just to quite literally burn it up
Do I have a flattop grill? -No Will I encounter cleaning a fltop grill? -No do I see myself cleaning a flattop grill in the future? -No Did I watch the whole video? *-Yes*
I’ll tell u this bro it ain’t broken. I used to be a manager when I was 20. We just say that instead of saying oh the machine is down and doing a clean up cycle. So we don’t waste time explaining
It's because we've all watched kitchen nightmares at some point. The algorithm actually works it's not that hard to see why it would recommend videos like this.
I literally just got done after like an hour scrubbing tf out of my grill the way I was taught (by my boss btw lol) and BOYYYY do I wish I would've learned the correct way to do it !!! This saves so much time and soooo much strength I hardly have at the end of a shift😮💨 tysm for the helpful tutorial that was like magic it was so amazing 😂❤
But in all seriousness i used to work at a bar and grill at 17 and i had to do this everyday. Im now 25 and thanks for bringing a good memory back to me. Kudos and thank you for your time creating and editing the vid for our viewing pleasure.
Same I was a kitchen closer and did this every night. I used to use orange hi-c, clean off, then water, clean off. It would be so clean. Morning shift could never figure it out lol
I used to run a sautee side of the line at a 5 star hotel before I became a chef. I used to get mad when the am shift would leave it spotless/dry. It's much like cast iron skillets; etc ...You need to have some oil on it otherwise nearly everything sticks to it for a day and makes life hell.
@@homelessrobot smart guy. Had been doing the same thing. Had been carrying my own bottle of coconut oil and use it as a finisher after cleaning the grill. I remembered my manager said that the reason why I have such a flexible schedule because I'm the only guy that can clean the grill perfectly lol.
It's been six, going on seven years since I last used this stuff and I can *still* smell it clear as day. Thanks for the acrid, yet somehow fond and familiar, memories of what were simultaneously some of the best and worst years of my life.
Yeah, I remember whilst I was working as a kitchen aid, the chefs would make the tiny kitchen into a literal gas chamber after pouring the chemicals onto the grill
Do you know what was in spray bottle? I only have a 14" commercial tabletop griddle, when I was cook at dog track years ago we used soda water and ice, then a scraper Lol. Any ideas? Ty
FYI never use ice or ice water! For tough burned on surface or to refinish scratched surface use veg oil and a special fine grain griddle brick. Produces a super smooth griddle!
I can see it. Worked at mcdonalds for a cpl years, cleaning thr grill with the liquid chemical packets given to us was satisying but you'd get light headed and feel like shit after breathing in the fumes for 10mins or longer depending on how long it took to clean
its been a minute since my ServSafe certification but i'm pretty sure it's a bad idea to mix chemicals 3 feet away from where food is being prepped on the same table
One of my favorite things when I worked at Wendy's years ago. They were the only restaurant in the area using a flat top. Cleaning that thing at the end of the night was unbelievably satisfying
I work at king taco and it's just a lot of elbow grease cleaning with oil and scotchbrote pad and sponge. Idk if that's the proper way to clean it but that's they way they want me to do it.
Really appreciate this. I work at a fast-food chain as the only cook currently and, having just been employed two weeks ago, I'm being insisted of to clean a grill that no other cook ever maintained and it has to look immaculate. Was incredibly pissed, but challenge is worth it to build endurance.
Iced water, ice cubes in water if possible, do it for u without the chemicals. If u dont hv the chemicals or doesnt wanna use it. For lemon juice u can also use vinegar. But is not needed. Hot grill and iced water do it
If youre the only cook you can basically tell them to feck off. Ive been there, nobody wants to do that job. If you can see where the standards of the last cook were, just mildly exceed them and youll look amazing. Theyll tell you any old bullshit, but if you leave then that manager is the one bricking the grill. If you have a job nobody wants, youre not expendable. Especially if you do actually have aspergers, dont let them take advantage of that to work you like a mule for minimum wage.
You should take on the challenge of educating yourself about labor law and unions. The iww has a lot of organizer manuals and stuff that can be found online. Even in audiobook format. Staughton lynd also writes books worth checking out.
Yes, I'm one of the comments who has a flat top grill. edit: a year after i commented this, let's all pray for my flat top grill, whose life span was 6 years. tbh, i expected this since i got it second hand. But nonetheless, I cooked some pretty tasty burgers there.
Back in the 70's when I worked at a place that had a grill like this, they gave us the cleaning bricks only. Took forever and a mess to clean up. I usually work the closing shift as I was a teenager. I worked a Saturday and day crew showed me a secret. Turn on to high and get hot. Turn off and throw on ice cubes. Worked great everytime. Quick and easy to clean up. Touched up any spots with Brillo if needed. No chemicals.
Just in case anyone wants to know why add oil at the end? Ill tell you why, I was taught this during my restaurant internship. Metal, when it goes under heated environments especially, always breathes, making it expand overtime, and contract overtime. Oil acts as a lubricant to fill in the empty pores so that you can cook on the grittle easier later, without wearing out the metal top and sticking food to it when being used in the long run. If you don't oil the grittle at the end, what happens is the metal has an easier chance to break, and beforehand during cooking youll have food begin to stick to the metal surface, preventing you from getting higher quality food and risk of breaking the metal top. That's as much as I remember up to now but generally its important to oil it everyday to keep it moist, lubricated and appreciated for its use. If you don't love your tools, your tools won't love you back. ;)
Gets interview at chipotle Manager: why should we hire you? Me: I already know how to clean your grill. Manager: *looks up intensely* “you are the chosen one”
First thing I thought about when seeing the grill. I feel like asking my manager if I can do so. We always have a lot of lemon juice to clean other things and use for food
I work as a cook and its so goddamn satisfying to clean the grill at the end of the day and watch it go from dark yellow and black, spray some ranger on then scrape and pour white vinegar (instead of lemon juice) on and watch it bubble up and eat it away and turn it in to black goopy sludge that you can easily scrape away and dispose of. Came to this video just to watch someone else do it because its so satisfying
I honestly don't know why so many people feel the need to comment on alternative ways of doing this (even hinting that their way is better), when this looks perfect in many ways (cost, chemical-free, easy, no unnecessary lingering tastes/smells). Perhaps it's just the way people are or have become. I for one, am happy to congratulate the guy on his efforts and ingenuity. WELL DONE
@@cameronwilliams4149 warps the surface, breaks the welds, creates microfractures. Grill eventually becomes a fire hazard. It's just physics, my dude. Plus my experience in the industry repairing restaurant equipment.
@@adbyee386 I started to think "very good counter argument from adb yee'. Then I thought 'hang on a minute', my original comment expresses my amazement at HOW MANY people had chosen to comment the way they did, as opposed to being amazed at why people commented the way they did. You clearly either have missed that point, or simply can't differentiate between the two. In either case, you have exposed yourself as being quite simple, whilst attempting to be intricate in your approach (and aggressive for reasons unknown to myself). I could pick so many more faults in your response, but have decided not do so, unless you insist on replying again, with more nonsense. (I feel better now) 😎
2024. Watching this for maybe the fifth or even seventh time. Thank you for the edutainment - from during lockdown until not even. :-) Edit: 17 million views as a today, 11 June 2024! Well done! :-)
this is a great video for people to learn about how lemon or vinegar breaks down charred food in a pan too, its basically deglazing at a collossal level lol!😂
Sometimes I have one of those moments and think, "wow, everything I've done in my life has lead to this moment." And I'm watching a guy clean a grill. I liked it
Citric acid in water. It's the most cost effective way to get the end result. The sugars in the sodas will build up and burn, and the lemon juice is wasteful and expensive.
All of y’all crying about “the chemicals being next to the food”.. the high temp grill cleaner is food safe. You could drink it if you wanted to. It’s just glycerin and coloring
That oven cleaner will make you cough the first few weeks of exposure. Then it eats away your finger prints if you don't use gloves. 3 years cleaning kitchens at a hotel.
@@SNNL- it's not about not affording cleaning products, it's about cutting costs where ever you can to maximise profits, same with food wastage and managing staff hours. As a manager, you should know better.
Haha I feel the pain. I came here because our scraper broke and I had nothing but a fucking brick and my back to clean the mf. How does a big successful company have such a shit way of cleaning a grill.
Back in high school I worked at restaurant cooking on one of these. We had the bricks that sounded horrible and took forever. I found out by turning heat on high, then got bucket of ice . Just dump ice on grill. Wait a couple minutes, then scrape off. Very easy. No chemicals. Just goes to show, there are many ways to do something.
I’m a km, and Ik at some Higher end restaurants (idek if u worked at one or not) they do not allow chemical cleaning solutions so most times they use the ice trick, grill brick ( both of which u used) and lime or lemon juice. Other restaurants don’t care and use degreaser as shown in the video
You know you're supposed to use a scouring pad under the brick right? Also if you let the grill get this dirty then you've been doing something wrong the whole time, it takes 30 seconds to pour some water on a hot grill, scrape it off and clean 90% of the crap off
@haxorouse3265 no, you don't need to use a scouring pad under the bricks. That's the benefit to the brick is ypu don't need the pad, screen and the tool to scrub with, the brick does the same job. I've cleaned flat tops many different ways and most work about the same if the person doing the work knows what they're doing and takes pride in what they do.
Not bad. Just started a new job, and there's this ancient flat top. I can get it to look brand new with my method, but I'm struggling with sticking the next day. I'm using the keystone Fryer/grill cleaner from sysco. Work wonders. Let grill cool down some, apply this and let it sit. scrape, wipe with white vinegar, then polish with olive/canola oil blend. Last job I did this as well, and never had any issues. So I don't know what's going on with this one. Though in my experience so far, I've had to find a new method every time i go to a new kitchen. Last job I also had more time to let cool down and let it do its job. I've got an hour to close here, so a lot less time. Any advice would be super helpful
You've just saved me and my imaginary kitchen staff live's thanks for the tutorial.
I laughed so hard at this
Haha this is gold!
You only need water and ice on a high temp and a rubber glove to protect from the steam.
NEVER put degreaser anywhere near where food is cooked!
Hella toxic!
😂😂😂🤣 I’m with Colt on this
@@chicka1415 You're gonna be disappointed because people use degreaser on flat top grills all the time.
This is the only way tutorials should be filmed. No unnecessary advertising, no hour long intro, just showing the process, explanations what to do and that's it! Perfect, thank you for this, despite the fact I don't own such a device.
Well made tutorial videos are just pleasure to watch. I'll also never own a flat grill, lol.
Amen
It’s okay we’ll never know when we need to clean a flat top grill in the future
I might just go out and buy a flat top grill.
If you want to make it longer do it by adding on fun facts or trivial on the end
Nine million people without a flat grill:
*nice*
I don't hafe but my work place has one
You can use this methode for the back of your pans at home. Nice too know.
Speak for urself
They be like dayum bro this shit is cool
Yus
I love that a majority of us watching this don't have a massive griddle to clean.
Just found one today in the storage of a bubble tea shop my wife and I just bought :)
I got some line cooks I need to impress at work lol
All you need is ice and lemon juice concentrate.
Bingo!
@@Facetiously.Esoteric all you need is soda water
Didn't search for it but you know damn straight I watched it till the end.
😂
Just came up in my feed, and I also watched till the end.
Lol funny how they get us
@@adnantariq3346 strangely enjoyed it....
Lol it looks satisfying as hell but if that hood vent isn't working properly it's not so satisfying.
3M ScotchBrite griddle kit will cut this cleaning time in half
Was thinking about the same ad😂😂😂
Spray, scour, rinse
we use this at panda express
Came here to say the same thing 😂
😂😂
Could save that lemon juice and all those spatula work.
The all mighty algorithm has chosen you!
😂
The choosen one. Hahaha
Eddy Fish chosen*
ALL HAIL OUR ALGORITHM OVERLORD!
give praise & thanks!
Solid content. I wish I saw this video 15 years ago.
Personally, I like white vinegar instead of lemon juice. Lemon juice had sugars that could cause browning. Also, depending on the temp you run your grill, olive oil will burn and cause more carbon build up to clean the next day. Most fry oils are higher temp smoke point. A bit of grapeseed or flaxseed oil is the best.
Even better soda water
Olive oil creates a polymer film when heated that makes the surface non stick.
@@Cyrus_II other oils also do, but as mentioned above they don't burn nearly as quickly as olive oil does
@@RollerdinoGaming right with other oils doing the same thing, it’s a bit wasteful to take one of the nicer oils, olive oil, just to quite literally burn it up
@@Cyrus_II Vegetal oil in general would do that, but better to use a cheaper one with higher smoke point.
Parents: "He's probably watching porn"
Me:
kkk
Who says this isn't porn?
You know this IS porn right?
99% of the time she's correct, but this one time..
Xd
Do I have a flattop grill?
-No
Will I encounter cleaning a fltop grill?
-No
do I see myself cleaning a flattop grill in the future?
-No
Did I watch the whole video?
*-Yes*
Do I care about your comment?
-No
Did I read your comment?
-Yes
@@jaytravis2487 yes
ROFL!
@@jaytravis2487 you still cared enough to read it
Basically me encountering my mother tongue subject at a science course 👁👄👁
Next do a video on how to fix the broken icecream machine at McDonald's
PHUK Q 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’ll tell u this bro it ain’t broken. I used to be a manager when I was 20. We just say that instead of saying oh the machine is down and doing a clean up cycle. So we don’t waste time explaining
@@whatthefuck5596 so it does a clean up cycle then?
Nope. It is a Herculean task outside the capacity of all human ingenuity.
Oscar D. Yeah
This video keeps getting recommended to me every now and then and it's always a treat watching it again
UA-cam: Wanna see someone clean a grill?
Me: Sure why not
Look guys it's a wanna be
Dan Musta Damn bitch i was just tryna go viral give me a break
Viral Aye!!!
I was hesitant to watch it but now I’m glad I did. Maybe one day I’ll get asked to clean a flat top grill.
Dan Musta it’s parasites like you who make this world vile
3am...in bed, cant sleep.
UA-cam - wanna learn how to clean a grill?
Me - of course
kiwi mate same lol
Literally me rn. It’s 3:30
kiwi mate yep
Yeah 3am here in PH and then UA-cam came up to this. LOL
3:12 am 😂😂
world mysteries:
1. Area 51
2. Bermuda triangle
3. UA-cam algorithm
Sportif X You’ve watched something similar that’s why tit
4. How to clean the flat top grill
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂😂
UA-cam recommends you videos that other people watch who watched a video you watched
this algorithm thing is a monster
Great video. No BS, no intro, just the facts. You would make Jack Webb proud.
Me: Never owned a flat top grill in my life
UA-cam algorithms: we got you
(Well that’s one way to get over 3000 fucking likes, thanks)
I mean, I want one now tho
Same🤣😂
Yeah fr. Idk how this even got on my timeline
I mean it’s is still kinda satisfying to watch
It's because we've all watched kitchen nightmares at some point. The algorithm actually works it's not that hard to see why it would recommend videos like this.
I usually just throw the whole grill away after every use. Nothing works like a brand new grill everyday 👌🏻
I like the way you think
*Harvard wants to: Know your location*
500 IQ move right here folks
Are you Serious most people can’t afford to do this sir please be considerate.
@@Kc-oi1cy Woosh
Bruh I just came from the “3M Quick Griddle Kit” video, it’s the truth.
me too
Me too
Me too
I saw that video and immediately thought of this one.
Same here 🤣
I literally just got done after like an hour scrubbing tf out of my grill the way I was taught (by my boss btw lol) and BOYYYY do I wish I would've learned the correct way to do it !!! This saves so much time and soooo much strength I hardly have at the end of a shift😮💨 tysm for the helpful tutorial that was like magic it was so amazing 😂❤
Wiping technique could benefit from watching the S technique window cleaner vid
@Sami youre a UA-cam connoisseur
The S
UA-cam recommendations coming full circle
Literally saw that vid 2 days ago after it was recommended to me. Fate is something else.
Ah yes I can see you are a man of culture
That was very helpful. Now all I need is a grill.
Dumbass
@@davidherbella7165 woosh
@@davidherbella7165 dumbass
@@davidherbella7165 dumbass
@@davidherbella7165 dumbass
I have learned how to clean windows using the “S” method, now I learn how to clean my imaginary flat top.
Same dude they recommended me that after I watched the window video
Clean window using S technic ✅
Clean the flat-top grill ✅
Clean carpet ✅
@@justocean2197 dude
Same🤣🤣
I'll be doing the reverse shortly!
I applied this method to my 17 x 13 steel griddle (for my portable grill) and it worked great! Thanx for the demo!!!
what is in the spray bottle?
@@georgevallolikuzhiyil2851right?
UA-cam recommendation does it again
Shut up so wat if it recommends
Yeah but its pretty satisfaying
Pero si es lo más hombre
waow so original soy boy ! STFU next time
@@oliverclaessens7053 what a nice guy
But in all seriousness i used to work at a bar and grill at 17 and i had to do this everyday. Im now 25 and thanks for bringing a good memory back to me. Kudos and thank you for your time creating and editing the vid for our viewing pleasure.
Same I was a kitchen closer and did this every night. I used to use orange hi-c, clean off, then water, clean off. It would be so clean. Morning shift could never figure it out lol
Thats a shit tonne of water wasted
Who else learned to clean windows, lay bricks, and clean grills 😂
Anonymous 1 it’s hilarious because those are in my recommendations
The s technique? Love that window video hahaha
@@ronniesingh7623 right?? The window one was so relaxing and satisfying! But what is the brick one?
Yeah lol all 3 of them I've already watched
Same here, just need to watch the brick one and I'm all set
Excuse me, what you've sprayed on the grill at the beginning? Is it also lemon juice?
I'm not gonna lie, this was way more satisfying then I thought it would be xD.
Thanks for being honest with us
Than, asshole, than.
Why do you assholes have to say " satisfying " or " weirdly satisfying" on every video? Snowflakes
Rioeio Kha I don’t think you know what that term means.
Wtf all this time I never realized I never have seen a truly clean flat top.
Indeed
I used to run a sautee side of the line at a 5 star hotel before I became a chef. I used to get mad when the am shift would leave it spotless/dry. It's much like cast iron skillets; etc
...You need to have some oil on it otherwise nearly everything sticks to it for a day and makes life hell.
@@homelessrobot would make sense if youre at a coastal restaurant !
@@homelessrobot smart guy. Had been doing the same thing. Had been carrying my own bottle of coconut oil and use it as a finisher after cleaning the grill. I remembered my manager said that the reason why I have such a flexible schedule because I'm the only guy that can clean the grill perfectly lol.
It's been six, going on seven years since I last used this stuff and I can *still* smell it clear as day. Thanks for the acrid, yet somehow fond and familiar, memories of what were simultaneously some of the best and worst years of my life.
Yeah, I remember whilst I was working as a kitchen aid, the chefs would make the tiny kitchen into a literal gas chamber after pouring the chemicals onto the grill
20 years later here, can confirm. No idea what was in that bottle but I can still smell it.
@@MichaelCoven I’ve never been a cook my best guess would be nonflammable degreaser which are highly toxic to breathe in
That smell. I would rather breath pur windex than catch a whiff of that steam!
Do you know what was in spray bottle? I only have a 14" commercial tabletop griddle, when I was cook at dog track years ago we used soda water and ice, then a scraper Lol. Any ideas? Ty
FYI never use ice or ice water! For tough burned on surface or to refinish scratched surface use veg oil and a special fine grain griddle brick. Produces a super smooth griddle!
10 years from now: “Did you inhale fumes from a chemical cleaner on a hot grill? You may be entitled to compensation.”
I can see it. Worked at mcdonalds for a cpl years, cleaning thr grill with the liquid chemical packets given to us was satisying but you'd get light headed and feel like shit after breathing in the fumes for 10mins or longer depending on how long it took to clean
God honestly thats what im shooting for either for it to kill me or give me one hell of a settlement haha
Yeah just use water. No point in getting chemical vapors everywhere cuz water works just as well
Water and lemon juice is all you need!
its been a minute since my ServSafe certification but i'm pretty sure it's a bad idea to mix chemicals 3 feet away from where food is being prepped on the same table
Welcome back to another episode of what’s in my UA-cam recommendations
Welcome back to another episode of no one gives a fuck if it's in your recommended.
what is your profile pic
Oh yeah yeah?
Oh yeah yeah
i just looked it up.....i fucking regret being that curious
One of my favorite things when I worked at Wendy's years ago. They were the only restaurant in the area using a flat top. Cleaning that thing at the end of the night was unbelievably satisfying
Did it turn you on?
@@jess4you13 honestly, it did a little. When you get a nice shine. Oof, time for a bathroom break
@@pjvmusic what a brave chad
I work at king taco and it's just a lot of elbow grease cleaning with oil and scotchbrote pad and sponge. Idk if that's the proper way to clean it but that's they way they want me to do it.
@@GrubbySalad ice first then vinegar... Thank me later
I work with one of these on a day to day basis and this is almost entirely different from the process i was taught, much easier, but takes much longer
Soda water
@@mrmadmanc2.503 i use soda water too, we just go at it with a steel mesh and scrape all the shit off, takes like 5 minutes total
@@mr.unfunny329 hii can you explain to me how you do it?
Nobody:
UA-cam: *lol want to watch someone clean a flat top grill?*
Nobody:
Swi_zzle: lol want to watch someone clean a flat top grill?
Me: of course!
Lmao
Me: Whatever, nothing better to do anyways...
Shouldnt the joke be "everybody: ..." theres no irrelevence if theres no one there to not care
Sear your cleaning agent until it developes a nice fond, then deglaze with lemon water.
Very nice, chef/10
wheel skelton then stick spatula up butt
My uncle just throws a beer on there and wipes it off with an old shirt.
Lmafooooo
😂😂😂
Lmfao 😂
Kevin Esqueda Sounds less expensive too. I was a chef for 5 years lmao
Better for your lungs too
This video has popped up on my feed multiple times over the past few years. I don’t know why I click into it every time. Haha
🧐Why am I so happy that this grill is so clean? 😂😂👍
Because you've a vagina
Because you touch yourself at night
@@retardedamericans1...Thank you, have a Blessed day .
@@PM-vb4od...Thank you, have a Blessed day
Because your parents are cousins
And that my friend is how our special sauce is made..
haah!
Mayo ktshup hot sauce
Welcome to food poison
domonone13 likes are at 420 so I won’t be the one to ruin it
👍🏽
@@ProfessorCheeba nope not going to that park i will go to west park
Now i'll be able to show off when someones flat top grill is dirty af.
If you have high temp grill cleaner like they have in the spray bottle in the beginning.
I come back maybe once every couple of years to rewatch this masterpiece.
Really appreciate this. I work at a fast-food chain as the only cook currently and, having just been employed two weeks ago, I'm being insisted of to clean a grill that no other cook ever maintained and it has to look immaculate.
Was incredibly pissed, but challenge is worth it to build endurance.
Iced water, ice cubes in water if possible, do it for u without the chemicals. If u dont hv the chemicals or doesnt wanna use it. For lemon juice u can also use vinegar. But is not needed. Hot grill and iced water do it
If youre the only cook you can basically tell them to feck off. Ive been there, nobody wants to do that job. If you can see where the standards of the last cook were, just mildly exceed them and youll look amazing. Theyll tell you any old bullshit, but if you leave then that manager is the one bricking the grill. If you have a job nobody wants, youre not expendable. Especially if you do actually have aspergers, dont let them take advantage of that to work you like a mule for minimum wage.
Did you burn the place down?
You should take on the challenge of educating yourself about labor law and unions. The iww has a lot of organizer manuals and stuff that can be found online. Even in audiobook format. Staughton lynd also writes books worth checking out.
used to do this at Mcdonald’s after my shift was over, it was probably the most satisfying part of the job
Why would you do this *after* your shift was over??
@@TwistedSoul2002 to get ready for the next day
@@atre6652 If only they'd done this during their shift they would've gotten paid for it.
@@TwistedSoul2002 it was pretty much mandatory, it wasn’t fair to leave the next guy a dirty grill.
@@mxn36 wtf???
Yes, I'm one of the comments who has a flat top grill.
edit: a year after i commented this, let's all pray for my flat top grill, whose life span was 6 years. tbh, i expected this since i got it second hand. But nonetheless, I cooked some pretty tasty burgers there.
Is this stainless steel top? Does it sticks compared to cast iron?
@@kyepinnlau1772 I can't tell actually, by the looks of it it's probably stainless steel
I am looking for an even heating grill top for pan cakes. U have any advice? Does stainless steel works? Or cast iron is better ya
@@kyepinnlau1772 I prefer cast iron because it conducts heat better
Impossible
What did you spray the griddle with? This is a great video, thanks.
David
I also want to know 😭
If you know, you know
Quarantine got me here and i dont know why i got satisfied watching
Same!
😂🤣
We call that boredom. I feel like the moth to the bug zapper I can't help but watch what is recommended. 😵
I watched twice :(
Same! On my second watch.
See you all in another 8 years when UA-cam recommends this again
Bet
See ya
👌
I’ll be there
See ya around!
Now if only I could clean up my life this effectively.
Apparently you just need lemon juice
One day at a time my friend.
When life gives you lemons 🍋
@@banditpicasso make lemonade, then find someone who's life gave them vodka and have a party!!!!
Im dead 😂
Thank you for posting this! I knew there had to be a better method than what I was shown!
Back in the 70's when I worked at a place that had a grill like this, they gave us the cleaning bricks only. Took forever and a mess to clean up. I usually work the closing shift as I was a teenager. I worked a Saturday and day crew showed me a secret. Turn on to high and get hot. Turn off and throw on ice cubes. Worked great everytime. Quick and easy to clean up. Touched up any spots with Brillo if needed. No chemicals.
same here but learned soda water is easier
Yea this guy is a lab rat inhaling the burning chemicals over the years
Now prove the brick and oil are not gluten containing, and l might eat wherever that grill is.
You obviously didn't know how to use those stones. Your ice cube trick runs the risk of warping the grill surface, expensive to repair.
We did the same brick and ice. Long time ago
When I worked at a restaurant I was taught to use the lemonade from our soda machine to clean the grill. It worked amazingly.
Orange Hi-C at my previous gig
It's the citric acid
Citric acid man
so do u need actualy crushed lemon juice or ....?
@@randomrazr just the critic acid. I imagine they probably have lemon slices for drinks so easier to juice pulp leftovers,
@@whatfruit7965 it got the black off the grill?
Just in case anyone wants to know why add oil at the end? Ill tell you why, I was taught this during my restaurant internship.
Metal, when it goes under heated environments especially, always breathes, making it expand overtime, and contract overtime. Oil acts as a lubricant to fill in the empty pores so that you can cook on the grittle easier later, without wearing out the metal top and sticking food to it when being used in the long run.
If you don't oil the grittle at the end, what happens is the metal has an easier chance to break, and beforehand during cooking youll have food begin to stick to the metal surface, preventing you from getting higher quality food and risk of breaking the metal top.
That's as much as I remember up to now but generally its important to oil it everyday to keep it moist, lubricated and appreciated for its use. If you don't love your tools, your tools won't love you back. ;)
We need more people like you. 👍
So fuck.
@@HashV17 Well thank you! I hope so too xD
It's the same as seasoning a wok?
@@diralis7316 I think so
Don’t work in a kitchen but I’ve been blessed by the algorithm.
After cleaning: now the sauce is ready.
HAHAAAHHAHA GOLD
Tar sauce??
Yooooooo! 😂😷
Not the secret sauce!
Why the hell I remember
"where's the LAMB SAUCE?"
Gets interview at chipotle
Manager: why should we hire you?
Me: I already know how to clean your grill.
Manager: *looks up intensely* “you are the chosen one”
I wish we could clean our grills like that😪😂
First thing I thought about when seeing the grill. I feel like asking my manager if I can do so. We always have a lot of lemon juice to clean other things and use for food
Fanwars are for idiots I mean hey, it’s pretty much sugarless lemonade at the end lol so why not?
Chipotle managers would fire you on the spot if you cleaned the grill this well lol. Only Chipotle Grill workers understand what I mean lol.
heavymetal111x6 yes that will get you hired
used to work in a kitchen probably 10 years ago now and this is how we cleaned our grill tops, watching this brought back many memories haha
You only need ice water
What is the product being sprayed on the flat top?
@@truthhurts7529 think it could be dishwashing liquid watered down not too sure
@@truthhurts7529 Ecolab Grill Express. I believe in the video it was diluted. I could be wrong though.
Watched this before going to bed. I can sleep peacefully now!!!
Anybody that’s ever had their kitchen criticized by Gordon Ramsay: “Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!”
Lol you suck lol trash
Ramsey would have lit him up for filling the chemical bottle on that food prep surface
I'm coming here every once in a while for the satisfaction
I'm a level 72 grill cleaner and I approve this method
noobs
f2p pls
Gotta reach OP8, then we can talk
Skip the first cleaner, replace the lemon juice and water with one quarter the amount of red wine vinegar. Welcome to the next level
@@fiercedeityfan love the borderlands reference lol
I work as a cook and its so goddamn satisfying to clean the grill at the end of the day and watch it go from dark yellow and black, spray some ranger on then scrape and pour white vinegar (instead of lemon juice) on and watch it bubble up and eat it away and turn it in to black goopy sludge that you can easily scrape away and dispose of. Came to this video just to watch someone else do it because its so satisfying
I honestly don't know why so many people feel the need to comment on alternative ways of doing this (even hinting that their way is better), when this looks perfect in many ways (cost, chemical-free, easy, no unnecessary lingering tastes/smells).
Perhaps it's just the way people are or have become.
I for one, am happy to congratulate the guy on his efforts and ingenuity. WELL DONE
I just want people to not throw cold water on a grill when hot. It's a good way to ensure you destroy the grill
@@jonathonhobbs6676 how do you figure?
Chemical free ? Did you not see the bottle
Of yellow chemical he was spraying lol
@@cameronwilliams4149 warps the surface, breaks the welds, creates microfractures. Grill eventually becomes a fire hazard.
It's just physics, my dude.
Plus my experience in the industry repairing restaurant equipment.
@@adbyee386 I started to think "very good counter argument from adb yee'. Then I thought 'hang on a minute', my original comment expresses my amazement at HOW MANY people had chosen to comment the way they did, as opposed to being amazed at why people commented the way they did. You clearly either have missed that point, or simply can't differentiate between the two. In either case, you have exposed yourself as being quite simple, whilst attempting to be intricate in your approach (and aggressive for reasons unknown to myself). I could pick so many more faults in your response, but have decided not do so, unless you insist on replying again, with more nonsense.
(I feel better now) 😎
Oddly satisfying. Thanks algorithm gods.
I dont even know how i Got here i dont own such a Grill - but nice Work Mate
@jordan pastry yea 😂 Just For the Case i decide to buy such a Grill one day 😂
2024. Watching this for maybe the fifth or even seventh time. Thank you for the edutainment - from during lockdown until not even. :-)
Edit: 17 million views as a today, 11 June 2024! Well done! :-)
My body: It’s 2 am we really need to get to bed
My brain: Nah I think ima keep whatching someone clean a grill
Huh.... Why does that sound like what I'm doing exactly rn...
That's the most lemon juice I ever seen in 1 cup.
1 super big gulp cup
It's funny cause it still measures to 1 cup
He didnt mention the size of the cup so figure it out
Shout out 2 all the closers out there ur doin a great job
Dads Homemade Clam Chowder I hated closing my job lol
👌
Ayyyyyeeeee!!!!!
Thnx G it’s a bitch staying and picking up after the cooks
Just closed the kitchen. I wish we had a flat top grill too.
this is a great video for people to learn about how lemon or vinegar breaks down charred food in a pan too, its basically deglazing at a collossal level lol!😂
Sometimes I have one of those moments and think, "wow, everything I've done in my life has lead to this moment."
And I'm watching a guy clean a grill.
I liked it
dont ask me how i know but sprite also works instead of the lime juice and water
The citrus. Pickle juice works too
coca cola works too! :)
Citric acid in water. It's the most cost effective way to get the end result. The sugars in the sodas will build up and burn, and the lemon juice is wasteful and expensive.
Dont ask and dont look for me , pee works fine too
Pickle juice I say. PICKLE JUICE. Or pickled jalapeno juice. Or as my Mexican buds used to call it. "Yoos"
*How to clean a flat grill*
11M people: interesting
Oh don't worry, its because all 10 million of us happen to have a huge flat grill..
@@Jenny-zz8uc if you don’t why be here .2.
Time to go clean my flat grill
**disintegrates**
Now 11 M
So unoriginal
We used to use a gel and I was the only brave soul to clean machines at my old job, so thanks for the trip down memory lane
Sure, I guess I’ll learn to clean a flat top grill that I don’t have
Somehow I heard Gordon Ramsay say “Olive oil in” in my brain 🧠
You mean "lil bit of olivol"?
I heard a touch of olivol
All of y’all crying about “the chemicals being next to the food”.. the high temp grill cleaner is food safe. You could drink it if you wanted to. It’s just glycerin and coloring
@@Tashanamoestadjab don't talk about what you don't know.
Those degreasers smell worse than shit though🤣
You must have smoked a whole lot of crack.
@@codymerrill1105 you must have never worked in a kitchen
That oven cleaner will make you cough the first few weeks of exposure. Then it eats away your finger prints if you don't use gloves.
3 years cleaning kitchens at a hotel.
That grill looks like a perfect place to film a new Sponge Daddy commercial!
after being a line cook for 2 years, nothing makes me happier than this video.
Garrett Lancaster what did he spray on the flat top???
"Is this acceptable, Mr. Fring?"
A man of culture I see
Nice
Haha
“Is this acceptable to you, Lyle?”
Never had and never going to have a flat top grill. But i appreciated this tutorial very much thanks.
Who's watching this and know damn well they don't have a grill😂😂😂
1433N i don’t even own a house or a kitchen(i live with my parents I’m not homeless)
What if our credit is too bad? :p
Let’s just get this straight, no one here searched for this
Deadass
Same
I did lol
Caden Everingham my grill was dirty as shit and it reminded me off this video so I came back smh
@@eljorge8111 same
Hight temperature grill cleaner...that's the yellow solution.
Thank me later guys.
I don't know why he put it in a squirt bottle the bottle it comes in pours it out just fine.
Thanks, Tony!
@@SNNL- grill cleaner is super strong stuff that you use sparingly plus the spray bottle gives even coverage. You pour that on, you waste a lot.
@@SNNL- it's not about not affording cleaning products, it's about cutting costs where ever you can to maximise profits, same with food wastage and managing staff hours. As a manager, you should know better.
@@TT-zo4xb The spray bottle is useless when youre spreading it around anyways. Just pour some in the center grab a grill pad and clean.
Ah yes, video tutorial that has nothing to do with my exam studies but I'll still watch it because why the fuck not 👍
This has given me more training than my managers ever have.
-Chipotle Cook
Hello
Same, haha. I’m a diner cook
Do they let you do this at chipotle? I’m thinking on moving to grill and I was wondering if there were easier ways to clean it.
@@hybridreality-danielrodrig5353 I’m wondering the same thing they just give you that stupid block to clean the grill
Haha I feel the pain. I came here because our scraper broke and I had nothing but a fucking brick and my back to clean the mf. How does a big successful company have such a shit way of cleaning a grill.
He already failed by having chemicals on a prep surface.
UrDaddyTeddy I was waiting for this comment lol my manager used to scream at me for accidentally leaving it on the counter
I peeped that too lol
Fr I was like oh yeah that's a write up right there
I knew that was coming lol
@@joelavalos9148 same here🤣
Back in high school I worked at restaurant cooking on one of these. We had the bricks that sounded horrible and took forever. I found out by turning heat on high, then got bucket of ice . Just dump ice on grill. Wait a couple minutes, then scrape off. Very easy. No chemicals. Just goes to show, there are many ways to do something.
I’m a km, and Ik at some Higher end restaurants (idek if u worked at one or not) they do not allow chemical cleaning solutions so most times they use the ice trick, grill brick ( both of which u used) and lime or lemon juice. Other restaurants don’t care and use degreaser as shown in the video
You know you're supposed to use a scouring pad under the brick right? Also if you let the grill get this dirty then you've been doing something wrong the whole time, it takes 30 seconds to pour some water on a hot grill, scrape it off and clean 90% of the crap off
@haxorouse3265 no, you don't need to use a scouring pad under the bricks. That's the benefit to the brick is ypu don't need the pad, screen and the tool to scrub with, the brick does the same job. I've cleaned flat tops many different ways and most work about the same if the person doing the work knows what they're doing and takes pride in what they do.
Thank god for this. Apparently health department said we can’t use lye anymore. So I was trying to find a better way but thank you for the video
Have no clue what the hell I’m doing here, but that was really satisfying to watch.
I think youtube wants us to get a job
And scotch brid and 3M bought a kit... Similar concept of using at much higher price...
Thanks you are a life saver
Even if I don't own the burner , this video was helpful thanks
Me: well its 2am, time to sleep
UA-cam: How to clean a flat-top grill
Me: i dont have one but lets see.
I've learned tons of ways to clean flats but this is a new one. Learning is fun.
2:31 The sound he makes with the spatula soUNDS LIKE THE PIXAR LAMP JUMPING OML
No.
No
Not bad. Just started a new job, and there's this ancient flat top. I can get it to look brand new with my method, but I'm struggling with sticking the next day. I'm using the keystone Fryer/grill cleaner from sysco. Work wonders. Let grill cool down some, apply this and let it sit. scrape, wipe with white vinegar, then polish with olive/canola oil blend. Last job I did this as well, and never had any issues. So I don't know what's going on with this one. Though in my experience so far, I've had to find a new method every time i go to a new kitchen. Last job I also had more time to let cool down and let it do its job. I've got an hour to close here, so a lot less time. Any advice would be super helpful
Spongebob and Mr. Krabs stamp of approval
Lol Was gonna say that XD
On a scale of 1-10 how disappointed are you that you only got 46 likes on this? I honestly would have expected alot more. Well done
@@jakebennett2613 Ehh I tried